Conard / Richter Neanderthal Lifeways, Subsistence and Technology

One Hundred Fifty Years of Neanderthal Study
2011
ISBN: 978-94-007-0415-2
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 293 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

The 150th anniversary of the discovery of the famous Neanderthal fossils gave reason for an international and interdisciplinary symposium in Bonn/Germany. The present book arose from this congress and focuses on multiple aspects of archaeological investigation on Neanderthal lifeways.

In-depth studies of top-ranking scientists provide a detailed and comprehensive survey of contemporary research on our Pleistocene relatives. Examinations and debates are embedded in a variety of regions and time frames. Chronology, subsistence, land use, and cultural adaptations among late Neanderthals form the major trajectories of the book. The wide range of approaches involved, leads to an increasing understanding of the facets of and the variability of Neanderthal behavioural patterns.

The present volume is complemented by a paleontologically orientated publication of the same congress (edited by Gerd-Christian Weniger and Silvana Condemi).

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richter, Jürgen

Conard, Nicholas J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I The Chronological Framework: Long Time Sequences 1. When Did the Middle Paleolithic Begin?Jürgen Richter 2. Neanderthals and Monkeys in the Würmian of Central Europe – the Middle Paleolithic Site of Hunas, Southern Germany W. Rosendahl, D. Ambros, B. Hilpert, U. Hambach, K.W. Alt, M. Knipping, L. Reisch, and B. Kaulich†  3. Neanderthals in the Cold: Middle Paleolithic Sites from the Open-Cast Mine of Garzweiler, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)Thorsten Uthmeier, Holger Kels, Wolfgang Schirmer, and Utz Böhner 4. Neanderthal Occupation in the Verdon Valley (Haute-Provence, Southeastern France) J. Gagnepain and C. Gaillard 5. Dating Small Heated Flint Artifacts: A New Thermoluminescence Technique Daniel Richter PART II Neanderthal Subsistence and Raw Material Procurement 6. On Neanderthal Subsistence in Last Interglacial Forested Environments in Northern Europe S. Gaudzinski-Windheuser and W. Roebroeks  7. Diet and Ecology of Neanderthals – Implications from C and N Isotopes H. Bocherens 8. Management of Paleoenvironmental Resources and Raw Materials Exploitation at the Middle Paleolithic Site of Oscurusciuto (Ginosa, Southern Italy): Units 1 and 4P. Boscato, P. Gambassini, F. Ranaldo, and A. Ronchitelli  PART III Neanderthal Cognition and Technological Knowledge 9. Neanderthal Technoeconomics. An Assessment and Suggestions for Future Developments S.L. Kuhn  10. Blade Production in the Early Phase of the Middle Paleolithic at Bapaume-les Osiers (Pas-de-Calais, France)H. Koehler  11. The Lithic Production System of the Middle Paleolithic Settlement of Le Fond des Blanchards at Gron (Yonne, France)V. Lhomme, E. Nicoud, M. Pagli, A. Coudenneau, and R. Rocca 12. Technological Analysis of the Bifacial Tools from La Micoque and its ImplicationsG. Rosendahl 13. Handedness in Neanderthals N.T. Uomini PART IV Neanderthal social organization and land use 14. The Social and Material Life of Neanderthals C. Gamble  15. Stability in the IntermittenceA. Lourdeau 16. Territorial Mobility of Neanderthal Groups - a Case Study from Level M of Abric Romaní (Capellades, Barcelona, Spain)M.C. Fernández-Laso, M.G. Chacón Navarro, M.D. García-Antón, and F. Rivals 17.  Level G of Las Fuentes de San Cristóbal (Southern Pyrenees, Spain) M.D. García-Antón, L. Menéndez Granda, and M.G. Chacón Navarro PART V Cultural Adaptation among the Last Neanderthals 18. The Demise of the Neanderthal Cultural Niche and the Beginning of the Upper Paleolithic in Southwestern Germany N.J. Conard 19. Level 14 of Bajondillo Cave and the End of the Middle Paleolithic in the South of the Iberian PeninsulaM. Cortés Sánchez, J.F. Gibaja Bao, and M.D. Simón Vallejo 20. The End of the Middle Paleolithic in the Italian AlpsM. Peresani 21. Technological Behavior and Mobility of Human Groups Deduced from Lithic Assemblages in the Late Middle and Early Late Pleistocene of the Middle Rhône Valley (France)M.-H. Moncel